Royal Caribbean International announced that the Mariner of the Seas will be starting her upcoming Southeast Asian season a month earlier, adding 10 round-trip sailings from Singapore in September 2017. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Cruise to the Edge, the annual oceanic event hosted by prog vets Yes, has been booked for 2018. Promising “some of the world’s greatest prog-rock musical artists,” next year’s Cruise calls for a five-night voyage setting sail out of Tampa on Feb. 3 and heading for a pair of new ports: Belize City, Belize and Costa Mayo, Mexico. (ultimateclassicrock.com)

After a three-year hiatus, Royal Caribbean International will return to the city of New Orleans, Louisiana with the newly announced repositioning of Vision of the Seas for the 2018-2019 winter season. (cruisebusiness.com)

The Ovation of the Seas is in a drydock in China for “maintenance on components of the ship’s propulsion system,” according to Royal Caribbean International. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

After a three-year hiatus, Royal Caribbean International will return to the legendary city of New Orleans, Louisiana with the newly announced repositioning of Vision of the Seas for the 2018-2019 winter season. (more…)

Royal Caribbean International has unveiled future plans for the first Quantum Ultra-class ship to be based in the Asia-Pacific region. Set to be launched in spring 2019, the yet-to-be-named ship will be the next evolution of the groundbreaking Quantum class and will join her sister ships, Quantum of the Seas and Ovation of the Seas. (more…)

From September 2017, guests will be able to stay in the theme-park capital of the world, Orlando, before hopping on board a cruise ship. (express.co.uk)

After learning that a team of iconic basketball greats were planning a 10-year reunion without inviting a key member of the squad, Royal Caribbean International decided that something needed to be done to mend the lifetime bonds made by winning at the ultimate level.

Royal Caribbean International is on the lookout for the “World’s Most Adventurous Squad.” The #AdventureSquad social media contest will challenge explorers and aspiring Instagram stars to act on their wanderlust and prove that their adventurousness is off the charts. (more…)

Royal Caribbean International invites travelers to come seek Europe like never before with its 2018 European deployment, headlined by the fleet’s newest ship Symphony of the Seas ̶ the world’s largest and most adventure-filled cruise ship. (more…)

Sib Hashian, the former drummer of the rock band Boston, died while performing on a cruise ship on Wednesday night. Hashian’s, son Adam Hashian, told TMZ that the 67-year-old drummer collapsed while performing on the Legends of Rock Cruise. (upi.com)

Royal Caribbean has unveiled its strongest lineup yet of North American itineraries in 2018-19, with the addition of a fourth Oasis Class ship, named Symphony of the Seas, a brand new terminal at PortMiami, and a diverse array of adventure-packed ships sailing from South Florida, Puerto Rico, Texas, the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast.

Legend of the Seas departed Dubai on March 13th on her final cruise with Royal Caribbean International, marking the end of an illustrious cruising career. (more…)

Almost four months after Hurricane Matthew forced Royal Caribbean to scale back and divide up its refurbishment of Adventure of the Seas, the ship has received the last of its upgrades. Among the new additions are Chops Grille and studio cabins. (cruisecritic.com)

Royal Caribbean International’s Mariner of the Seas and Ovation of the Seas called at Phuket in Thailand on the same day on 7 March. (cruisebusiness.com)

Royal Caribbean today breaks ground on the dramatic new PortMiami Terminal A, which will herald the arrival of what will be the world’s largest cruise ship and the global cruise line’s newest addition, Symphony of the Seas. (more…)

Royal Caribbean has announced that they are re-categorizing the staterooms on most of their cruise ships that will make them more concise, easier to interpret, and, most importantly, consistent across the fleet. (cruisefever.net)

Royal Caribbean has announced that Amanda Darrington has been appointed Sales Director UK & Ireland, following Ben Bouldin’s promotion to Associate Vice President and Managing Director UK & Ireland.

Irish tour guide Ciara Flynn has won a three-week Royal Caribbean cruise after beating 75,000 entrants from around the U.K. and Ireland to win the line’s first “Intern-Ship” prize. (cruisecritic.com)

This weekend, passengers onboard Oasis of the Seas will notice a few new crew members hanging out by the pools — licensed lifeguards. The lifeguards are just one piece of a new water safety program Royal Caribbean is implementing fleetwide that will also include water safety instruction and shipwide signage. (cruisecritic.com)

Royal Caribbean has canceled all scheduled stops in Turkey for the 2017 season, becoming the latest cruise line to do so following Carnival Corporation’s Cunard Line and P&O Cruises December decisions to stop sailing to the Mediteranean nation. (foxnews.com)

Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas will bid farewell to her Sydney home for the final time this season on Monday Feb. 20, completing her maiden season in the market. (cruiseindustrynews.com)

Almost 3,000 passengers aboard Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas will wake up Monday morning in the port from which they never disembarked. (ajc.com)

Cesilie Carlton, a 35-year-old American high diver, is seen limbering up atop the 55ft high platform as the fast-moving ocean churns past below her, before leaping off and performing several somersaults into the pool underneath. (eurobeam.org)